X (formerly Twitter) has announced its latest subscription method, charging new users $1 annually. This latest subscription method is part of a new X Not-A-Bot program on the platform. Once this test is in full effect, new users will need to pay $1 annually to “post & interact with other posts.”
The program is about to go live in the Philippines and New Zealand today. But over time, the X Not-A-Bot program will roll out to other regions. The existing X users will not be affected by this subscription test. But if you are to open a new account from the regions the program is about to go live, you need to pay $1 annually to post and interact with posts.
How Will the X Not-A-Bot Program Work
Setting up a new X account will need a phone verification first. After the new users are done with phone verification, the platform will prompt for a payment. This payment, part of the Not-A-Bot program, is $1 a year. That means new X users will need to pay a recurring fee of $1 a year. Otherwise, they won’t get proper interaction functionality in the platform.
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Additionally, if the new X users fail to pay the $1 fee after a year, they will be back to limited functionality mode. New X users who are unwilling or unable to pay the $1 Not-A-Bot annual fee will only be able to view posts, watch videos, and follow accounts. They can’t post content, reply, like posts, report, quote, or bookmark other accounts.
Excess bot activity has been a consistent rallying cry for the platform before Elon Musk acquired it in October of last year. Before acquiring, Elon Musk claimed that Twitter had been underreporting these numbers. But with this new subscription tier, X may finally be able to lower the bot activities throughout the platform.
